kevinmcsherry Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) A reworking of another old illustration image in AD. Turns out I did the whole thing in CMYK and had to convert to RGB for web display at the end. I tried converting the AD file to RGB and it looked horrible (the colours suddenly looked too bright and unsubtle), so I didn't save it. It worked better when I converted the finished JPEB in AP. Would that be the proper way to convert? Edited August 26, 2017 by kevinmcsherry Typo GarryP, telemax, lepr and 4 others 7 Quote Using: Mac OSX Monterey on a Mac Mini (late 2014). Wacom Bamboo. Mouse. Pencils. Pens. Other stuff... Kevin McSherry: Creative. Art : Illustration : Design The Studio, 17 Aideen Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Ireland +353 (0)86 247 0737 www.mcsherry.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted August 25, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 25, 2017 This looks awesome! With regards to converting, you should have been able to just convert in AD's Document Setup and it should've worked... If you can send me a file that shows the problem then I can look at it? Just send anything to support@seriflabs.com and I'll pick it up and use it to debug this problem, then delete again afterwards Thanks, Matt bodobe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcsherry Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Thanks Matt , In fact, I did convert in document setup and that's where I found the changeover of colour space jarring. I'm not absolutely clear on why this happens but I did read somewhere that RGB doesn't have the range of colour that CMYK does. I've attached a comparison screenshot. CMYK at left and RGB at right. I don't think this is a problem with AD -it's just choosing which space to work in? Looks like I should be working in CMYK...I'm more used to acrylics! I'll get there. All the best, Kevin GarryP 1 Quote Using: Mac OSX Monterey on a Mac Mini (late 2014). Wacom Bamboo. Mouse. Pencils. Pens. Other stuff... Kevin McSherry: Creative. Art : Illustration : Design The Studio, 17 Aideen Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Ireland +353 (0)86 247 0737 www.mcsherry.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freid Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Nice pic Kevin kevinmcsherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcsherry Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Thank you Freid. Quote Using: Mac OSX Monterey on a Mac Mini (late 2014). Wacom Bamboo. Mouse. Pencils. Pens. Other stuff... Kevin McSherry: Creative. Art : Illustration : Design The Studio, 17 Aideen Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Ireland +353 (0)86 247 0737 www.mcsherry.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Another fantastic piece of work. Great every time. kevinmcsherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 On 25/08/2017 at 0:24 PM, kevinmcsherry said: A reworking of another old illustration image in AD. Turns out I did the whole thing in CMYK and had to convert to RGB for web display at the end. I tried converting the AD file to RGB and it looked horrible (the colours suddenly looked too bright and unsubtle), so I didn't save it. Bright RGB colours will become dull when converted to CMYK, but I wouldn't expect dull CMYK colours to become bright when converted in the opposite direction. 23 hours ago, kevinmcsherry said: I did read somewhere that RGB doesn't have the range of colour that CMYK does It's t'other way around, Kevin. CMYK has a (much) smaller gamut than RGB, which is why bright colours become dull on conversion; Hexachrome (CMYKOG) was developed to address this problem, with bright orange and green added to the mix. kevinmcsherry 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 33 minutes ago, GarryP said: Another fantastic piece of work. Great every time. What he said! kevinmcsherry 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted August 26, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 26, 2017 It’s possible that you’re suffering from blendmodes acting differently in RGB vs CMYK? Without looking at the file I’m just guessing, but ultimately if you’re able to work and get the results you’re after then that’s good Conversion to RGB at output stage will render the document in CMYK then convert the result so it won’t be affected by blendmodes acting differently in the document draw kevinmcsherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcsherry Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Thanks for all the responses, guys. @MEP. It's going to take a bit of getting used to. @Alfred. I'll have to look into Hexachrome, I would never have considered using it as I didn't know about it at all! All in all; much more reading to do. Is this topic covered in the AD book, by the way? Kevin Quote Using: Mac OSX Monterey on a Mac Mini (late 2014). Wacom Bamboo. Mouse. Pencils. Pens. Other stuff... Kevin McSherry: Creative. Art : Illustration : Design The Studio, 17 Aideen Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Ireland +353 (0)86 247 0737 www.mcsherry.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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